Baggy52
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Post by Baggy52 on Oct 2, 2007 13:42:55 GMT -6
... my memory banks are unfamiliar with all of the sayings... upload complete... yes I agree
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Post by andrewlee on Jun 22, 2008 15:38:24 GMT -6
I don't think it was a good idea to have children aboard the ent-D fro the most part, because of so many potential dangers. Why not have the families stay at the closest star base when there was a potentially dangerous mission?
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Post by andrewlee on Jun 22, 2008 15:51:34 GMT -6
I had another thought about the Ent-D or any other 2 hulled federation starship. When there is a potential warp core breach, unstoppable warp core breach, or some other reason for the ship to separate, why not have a small axillary warp core on the saucer section for a faster escape? At even full impulse, the saucer section might not be able to escape damage or destruction itself. The axillary core need not have to be that powerful and could be well protected from potential outside damage. It could have a low warp capability 1 through 4 ? This would also be good if the saucer section was alone without the drive section out some where in deep space light years from any class M planet or any other starship or star base for help because of disaster or an unusual situation.
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Post by andrewlee on Jun 22, 2008 15:58:57 GMT -6
I am fascinated by the holo-decks and what makes them work, but they were not my favorite episodes.
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Atoz 77
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jun 23, 2008 8:13:08 GMT -6
I had another thought about the Ent-D or any other 2 hulled federation starship. When there is a potential warp core breach, unstoppable warp core breach, or some other reason for the ship to separate, why not have a small axillary warp core on the saucer section for a faster escape? At even full impulse, the saucer section might not be able to escape damage or destruction itself. The axillary core need not have to be that powerful and could be well protected from potential outside damage. It could have a low warp capability 1 through 4 ? That certainly makes sense. I'm not an engineer, but I always assumed the systems that went along with warp drive took up too much space. That's the only reason I can think of for not having a redundant warp core. But since even shuttlecraft are able to carry small warp drives, it would make sense for the saucer to have an emergency warp core, capable of say Warp One.
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Post by andrewlee on Jun 23, 2008 13:06:57 GMT -6
Atoz 77. Since the Ent-D has such a bulky primary hull, a warp one axillary warp core does make sense. I don't know how much room the primary hull would have for it's engineering section. It has to have one for it's impulse engines to operate when separated from the drive section. Some warp coils would have to be added to the primary hull for this to work. With this system in place, the saucer section might have a top speed of warp 1.5, a cruising speed of warp 1.3, and a sustainable cruising speed of warp 1.1 What do you think?
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Atoz 77
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jun 27, 2008 8:03:20 GMT -6
I like your idea! Come to think of it, the Enterprise E must have such a system. Remember in "Insurrection" when they had to dump their warp core -- and they still managed to get off a message to Starfleet and return in time to rescue Picard? That argues that they must have had some kind of auxilliary warp drive, even a small one.
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Post by andrewlee on Jun 27, 2008 22:11:30 GMT -6
I am glad you liked my idea of having small axillary warp cores in the primary hulls of the ent-D. I think you are right in saying that in "Insurrection" when they had to dump their warp core, they would have to have had a small auxiliary warp core. Since the Ent-E was less bulky and more advanced, it might have an axillary warp core capable of say warp 3 point something....... I'm just speculating here. The only other option was that another federation starship was close by to assist and relay the message to star fleet.
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Post by THE CAKE IS A LIE! on Jun 29, 2008 21:27:02 GMT -6
well the thing is the galaxy class was fit to hold that many people...Enterprise-E is a battleship... That's why I didn't care much for the Enterprise-E. As Guinan said in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" -- "This is not a ship of War, this is a ship of Peace." Ya true, but I still liked the E, It's COOL MAN! the D is powerful and shouldn't have gotten killed off in Generations!
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Post by andrewlee on Jul 13, 2008 9:04:31 GMT -6
Yes the ent E was cool and it was sad to see the ent D be destroyed, but the saucer section survived and served its purpose in landing on a planet after the destruction of the drive section saving the crew and giving them a safe place to wait until being rescued.
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LeopardessGirl
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Post by LeopardessGirl on Jul 14, 2008 13:47:20 GMT -6
Sounds Like A Logical Thing To Do, As To Lose One Part Of The Ship Then Save What You Can. I Saw That Part, Very Good Thinking On The Crews Part!
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kynan101
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Post by kynan101 on Jan 7, 2010 8:05:52 GMT -6
how come it is the only ship that can separate apart from the prometheus but also it also seems to be a bit shorter than the sovereign class because if i remember correctly the sovereign is about 685 meters long and the galaxy is about 642 meters long
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Atoz 77
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Post by Atoz 77 on Jan 7, 2010 9:50:41 GMT -6
The Sovereign class is longer because it's stretched out more I think. And I don't think the Galaxy class is the only one capable of saucer separation. In "Encounter at Farpoint", Picard tells Riker to rejoin the saucer manually without tech assist. To me this implies that rejoining a separated saucer must be a fairly standard maneuver (because Picard admits that he's never been on a Galaxy class ship before).
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kynan101
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Post by kynan101 on Jan 7, 2010 11:50:41 GMT -6
it is the only one recorded
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edify
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Post by edify on Jan 7, 2010 16:19:58 GMT -6
it is the only one recorded The captain of the Saratoga in Star Trek IV was the first woman captain ever shown. Are we to assume that she was the only female captain in Starfleet? We can assume that all Galaxy-class starships can separate. But there's no reason to assume that function wasn't built into other classes of starship. Obviously there are some classes (such as Intrepid-class) that came with the ability to land on planets, rather than separate their saucer. But saucer separation also ensured the safety of the families on the Enterprise when they had to enter a potentially hazardous battle situation.
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